Curtain



May 14, 1940. Q

l. R. GRUNDSTEIN CUBTAIN Filed March 14, 1940 ATTORNEY '25 Fig. 4.

Patented May 14, 1940 'ITE fSTA I CURTAIN Irving R. Grundstein, New York, N. Y., assignor to Fall River Curtain Company, Inc., New

York, N. 1

Application March 14, 1940, Serial No. 323,892

5 Claims.

I The subject matter of this invention is a curtain for improving the dress of windows although in the broadest aspect thereof itis not limited in this respect. I'he dominant object of the in- 5 vention however is realized in the provision of a curtain having a pair of slidably guided Wings enhanced inappearance by a compensatory and serviceable valance member adjustable. relative to the wings and widthwise of the latter. Other 10 important objects, features and functional and structural aspects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following detailed description considered in the light of the accompanying drawing wherein:

15 Fig. l is a front elevational and partly broken view of the curtain according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the valance member taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. '3' is a plan view of Fig.1.

2 Fig. 4 is another front elevational and broken view showing the curtain according to the invention but mounted on an arcuate support.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the valance member.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 88 of Fig. 1.

30 Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 9-9 of Fig. 3. v

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary perspective view of the reinforced envelope or casing, and v Fig. 11 is an enlarged elevational and broken 35 view of a fragmentary part of Fig. '7 bounded within the circle shown in dash and dot lines.

In the drawing, the curtain is generally denoted C and comprises the pair of wings W having the customary sockets S at their upper margins for slidably receiving a conventional supporting adjustable bar B sustained in the usual fashion above a window not shown.

To enhance the appearance created by the wings and to compensate for their incomplete- 45 ness in width in instance for example, where the combined width of the wings is less than the width of the window, a valance member V is utilized and is sustained by the bar and draped over the intervening gap defined by the spaced 50 wings W.

The interstitial valance member comprises a plurality of superimposed panels P appropriately secured to provide a pleasing cascade effect although the central panel is in two plies and in 55 part is folded over the supporting bar B and the wings W, to provide a U-shaped portion or bight ID from which depends the marginal portion H having secured or stitched thereto the envelope or casing l2 reinforcedby the insertfl3 which may be of a relatively stifi buckram materiaL. 5

More particularly however the side 14 of the envelope I2 is provided with the turned over flange 5 to definelip [6 while the upper portion of the side I! of the envelope is likewise turned over to provide flange Is. to characterize lip, I8, 10 the insert l3 being interposed between lip l9 and the bight or lip 20 defined by the diverging sides l4 and I ll of the tube .12 to prevent widthwise displacement of the insert. Thereafter the end flanges 2| of the. sidel I! are folded inwardly 15 against the ends of the insert to prevent'longi-l tudinal displacement thereof relative to the woven or interstitial tube or envelope I2. Subsequently the'endiflangesz I of side. M are folded inwardly and over the depending flange l5 after which the line of stitching 22 is passed through the upper margins of the woven insert l3, juxtapositioned flanges l5 and IS, the flanges 2| and 2|; the two ply flange 24 of the central panel and the single ply flange 24' of the other panels 25 and the sides I4 and l! in the matter of securing together lips or beads 16 and l9and the lip 23 defined by the turned over flange 24 of the depending marginal portion ll of the central panel P of the valance. By the present arrangement the reinforcing I insert is prevented from longitudinal and widthwise slippage and is appropriately concealed in the envelope by thesecured closure end flanges 2!. Hence it is apparent that where the upper part of the valance is draped over the wings of the curtain and supporting bar, the valance is prevented from accidentally slipping. oil the bar B since the reinforced lip l9 automatically abuts or interlocks with the lower part 25 of the'bar B 40 as shown in Fig. 2 or abuts walls 26 of the sockets of the wings, crimping these walls toward and against the lower portion 25 of the sustaining bar B. Normally the reinforced envelope is held in an inclined or biased relation as illustrated in Figs, 2 and 8 and hence cooperates to hook under the bar to retain the valance on the bar or on the Wings, the envelope in fact being rendered relatively heavy by the relatively stifi" interstitial insert.

In the form according to Figs. 4 and 6 the wings and valance member are mounted on a tubular and are shaped bar, and slippage of the valance member from the bar and wings is pre-, vented as described in connection with the form illustrated in Figs. 1-5 in that the biased and reinforced envelope cooperates with the bar and the wings on the bar to characterize an interlocking action, thus precluding accidental slippage of the valance member completely ofi the bar.

With the present invention the overall width of the wings may be less than the complete width of the window and the slidable and adjustable valance member may be conveniently mounted over the wings and bar to enhance and complement the appearance of the wings as is well appreciated.

As many changes can be made in the above construction and many widely different species of structural embodiments of the invention can be devised without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter herein described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. A valance member adapted to be draped over a support and having a casing adapted to be arranged below and in back of said support and including a bead and reinforcing means in said casing to strengthen said bead and adapted to be disposed in biased relation relative to said support to dispose said bead underneath said support for abutting the latter to resist accidental removal of said member from said support.

2. A valance member adapted to be draped over a support and slidable relative thereto and having relatively stiff reinforcing means adapted to be disposed in biased relation below and in back of said support and having marginal means for abutting said support to resist accidental removal of said member from said support.

3. A valance member adapted to be draped over a support and having a swingable casing adapted to be disposed at the rear of and below said support and comprising a beaded portion and a bight portion, and an insert interposed between said beaded portion and said bight portion to reinforce both of the latter, said beaded portion adapted to be arranged in a biased relation relative to said support and having a marginal portion cooperating to abut said support to resist accidental removal of said member from said support.

4. A valance member adapted to be draped over .a support and having a swingable casing comprising a beaded portion and a bight portion, and an interstitial and relatively heavy insert interposed between said beaded portion and said bight portion to reinforce both of the latter and for disposing said casing in a biased relation relative to said support, said beaded portion cooperating to abut said support to resist accidental removal of said member from said support.

5-. A valance member adapted to be draped over a support and having a casing comprising juxtapositioned beaded means secured to said member and including a bight portion, and a relatively stifi insert interposed between one of said beaded means and said bight portion to reinforce both of the latterand said casing, said casing having end closure means to resistlongiof said support to preclude accidental removal of said member from said support.

IRVING R. GRUNDSTEIN. 

